"Hear him sing Mammy, Toot Toot Tootsie, My Gal Sal, Mother I Still Have You." 06 October 1927 Drama, Music 89 mins
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical.
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Al Jolson as Jakie Rabinowitz
May McAvoy as Mary Dale
Warner Oland as Cantor Rabinowitz
Eugenie Besserer as Sara Rabinowitz
Otto Lederer as Moisha Yudelson
Robert Gordon as Young Jakie Rabinowitz
Richard Tucker as Harry Lee
Yossele Rosenblatt as Cantor Rosenblatt
William Demarest as Buster Billings (uncredited)
John Miljan as Host (uncredited)
Roscoe Karns as Agent (uncredited)
Anders Randolf as Dillings (uncredited)
Walter Rodgers as Make-Up Man (uncredited)
Will Walling as Doctor (uncredited)
Ena Gregory as (uncredited)
Nat Carr as Levi (uncredited)
Alan Crosland Director
Louis Silvers Original Music Composer
Hal Mohr Director of Photography
Harold McCord Editor
Samson Raphaelson Theatre Play
Alfred A. Cohn Adaptation
Gordon Hollingshead Assistant Director
Alfred A. Cohn Screenplay
Austria 01 January 1929
Canada 06 October 1927
Hungary 17 March 1930
Ireland 03 March 1929
Japan 21 August 1930
Portugal 06 October 1927
Sweden 06 October 1927
United States 06 October 1927
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